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A History of Eggnog Part 2

In late nineteenth New Orleans, eggnog had been a popular drink. “I tremble to think” writes the traveler Abraham Oakey Hall in New Orleans about 1898, “nogs, and soups, and plates o fish, . . . game, . . . and loaves of bread, that I have seen appear from side doors and vanish . . . among the waiting crowds at the long counter; or of the piles of dimes” that barkeepers collected for the eggnog and food.

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A History of Egg Nog, Part 2

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